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This was the next step on our pesticide drift project

By Claire Hettinger / Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | November 11, 2019

Last week, we hosted a discussion regarding our pesticide drift sensor project. Twenty-five people from various industries including scientists from the University of Illinois, local public health officials, the Champaign County Farm Bureau, and environmental focus groups gathered at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department as we presented our findings from the project and asked for their input.

Environment

Wind-blown pesticides an issue in courtrooms, communities across U.S. | Harvest Public Media

By Madelyn Beck/Harvest Public Media | August 3, 2018

Pesticides are all over, from backyard gardens to cornfields. While their use doesn’t appear to be slowing, concern over drift and the resulting effects on health is driving research — and more worries.